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Old 07-16-2019, 01:28 PM   #1
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I know its been talked about but it really does deserve its own thread. In 1969 Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr, strapped into the command capsule of the Apollo 11 on top of the massive Saturn V rocket and at 9:32 AM ET were launched into orbit.


It took 12 minutes for the Apollo 11 to achieve earths orbit 100 miles, after 1 1/2 orbits of earth the Apollo was pushed out of orbit onto its proper trajectory and Michael Collins performed the extraction and docking of the Command Module with the lunar module. Their journey would begin and take til July 19th to reach orbit of the moon.


More then 1 million people gathered at road sides and beaches to watch and another 25 million huddled around their televisions to watch.














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Old 07-19-2019, 11:28 AM   #5
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just to tide you over to tomorrow's anniversary of the moon landing. Yesterday was the anniversary of the first ever perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics as Nadia Comaneci nailed it on the uneven bars in Montreal


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May I suggest you add "Apollo 11" or "moon landing" to thread title, to get more discussion?
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This site is an awesome replay of all of the NASA mission transmissions for Apollo 11, and in the real-time mode shows you what was going on exactly 50 years ago right now (ie. right now, 77 hours into the flight, they're in a Loss of Signal as Apollo 11 makes it's first pass of the far side of the moon.)

https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/
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https://twitter.com/user/status/1151821746816897024


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Apollo Stories

For the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, The Planetary Society asked its members for their thoughts and memories of this epochal event. Below is a sampling of those stories submitted by individuals from around the world.

http://www.planetary.org/explore/spa...50-years.html#


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Introducing A Political History of Apollo, a limited-series podcast about why the United States went to the Moon, and why it stopped. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and more.
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I'm going to this tomorrow night at Telus Spark. 8 craft brewers. A bunch of activities/exhibits. No kids.

Special Edition Adults Only Night: 50th Anniversary Moon Landing Party
Saturday, July 20, 2019 | 7 pm - 12 am
$5 Happy Hour Wine & Spirits from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Original moon landing viewing
  • Anti-gravity room with 2 giant bouncy castles
  • Outdoor beer garden ft. 8 breweries
  • Outdoor BBQ
  • Green screen scenes
  • Design your own space mission patch
  • YYCSOLEdiers showcasing space themed sneakers
  • Rocket testing with University of Calgary's High Altitude research club
  • Original newspapers from July 20, 1969 generously donated by Dave Tod
  • Special speaker topics including moon landing conspiracies, surviving on the moon, moons of the universe

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One of these is supposed to be the most famous photo? Large images

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Clips from a favourite movie I wonder if the conspiracy theorists get some of their ideas from this.



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It's about the Apollo astronauts in general, not just the crew of 11. Beautiful movie.

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Its funny when you look at the great moments in history, and people ask me, because I'm old. What do you remember about the day that men landed on the moon. I always been a thoughtful look on my face and smile fondly and yell "I was 1 1/2 years old you jacka$$"
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My wife is wearing her favourite moon shirt today...


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